Cristiano Casimiro

Education

Equipment

I own and can operate: Canon EOS 600D

About me

Costume Designer and Maker / Wardrobe Supervisor looking for new challenges. I have past experience in wardrobe managment, costume design and making and styling. I'm confident on working at a production and I'm social, with good communication skills, hard working, organized and very motivated.
Additional information:
I attended the Lisbon Faculty of Architecture in Fashion Design, in a 5 years BA course. In the final year I presented my final collection at the university and graduated with an Upper Second classification. After that I was invited by the Lisbon Fashion Week Association to present my collection in an exhibition entitled "Workstation" in the 31st Lisbon Fashion Week.

After I got my BA, I started an Internship in the TV production company Plural Entertainment, in the Portuguese TV series "Morangos com Açúcar" as a costume designer intern and after two years I was promoted to costume designer.

I also did an internship in the fashion designers Alves / Goncalves fashion studio.

As a costume designer in Plural Entertainment I also did some publicity and a live broadcast stage costumes. Due to the nature of the series I worked in (musical teenage TV serie) I was able to explore concepts for stage dance and musical performances in which the themes and songs had to be considered, and the costumes should born from the symbiosis between music, show theme and choreography. I explored a lot of concepts brought by the street style, the 80's and electroclash scene, as well as from iconic world figures and costume history.
In the series I was also in charge of choose clothing from several brands and showrooms in the country, being often the bridge between brands and the production company. that gave me a lot of buying and dealing skills as well as sponsoring awareness.


Theatre professional:
Costume Designer and Maker / Wardrobe Supervisor looking for new challenges. I have past experience in wardrobe managment, costume design and making and styling. I'm confident on working at a production and I'm social, with good communication skills, hard working, organized and very motivated.
Additional skills:
- Flat pattern making and cutting
- Sewing skills both hand and machine
- Source and shop for fabrics, clothes and accessories
- Develop technique in dying, draping and fabric manipulation
- Create strong visual researches
- Allocation of dressing rooms to dancers/ actors
- Attendance backstage at all performances, dealing with quick changes and repairs as needed
- Management of entire wardrobe stock, including shoes and accessories – past, present and future productions and creation of costume bibles
- Assist with costume related elements within learning and participation projects - Packing and unpacking of all costumes and wardrobe equipment
- Costume assistance on the set/ stage making sure the costumes overall look is in accordance to the view of the Director and the Costume Designer
- Knowledge of a production system as a whole: different departments and the inter-connection between them
- Costume maintenance on a daily production basis as well as for storage purposes - Costume hires to the production and Costume rentals to other productions - Handle costume fittings and carry out alterations needed - Script interpretation and analysis
- Control of individual production budgets
- Attending creative meetings with Executive Producer, Director, Light Design, Set Design, Sound Sesign, Hair & Make-up and Choreographer as well as Crew meetings, training sessions and other events set by the company
- Ensuring that costumes won’t conflict with choreography as well as the Light, Set and Sound Design
Referees:
Teresa Amaral - Executive Producer

Address:
Rua Mário Castelhano 40, removed Barcarena - Queluz de Baixo
Portugal

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Additional information:
I attended the Lisbon Faculty of Architecture in Fashion Design, in a 5 years BA course. In the final year I presented my final collection at the university and graduated with an Upper Second classification. After that I was invited by the Lisbon Fashion Week Association to present my collection in an exhibition entitled "Workstation" in the 31st Lisbon Fashion Week.

After I got my BA, I started an Internship in the TV production company Plural Entertainment, in the Portuguese TV series "Morangos com Açúcar" as a costume designer intern and after two years I was promoted to costume designer.

I also did an internship in the fashion designers Alves / Goncalves fashion studio.

As a costume designer in Plural Entertainment I also did some publicity and a live broadcast stage costumes. Due to the nature of the series I worked in (musical teenage TV serie) I was able to explore concepts for stage dance and musical performances in which the themes and songs had to be considered, and the costumes should born from the symbiosis between music, show theme and choreography. I explored a lot of concepts brought by the street style, the 80's and electroclash scene, as well as from iconic world figures and costume history.
In the series I was also in charge of choose clothing from several brands and showrooms in the country, being often the bridge between brands and the production company. that gave me a lot of buying and dealing skills as well as sponsoring awareness.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Wardrobe Supervisor
Job Titles	Art Dept Assistant, Art Dept Stylist, Art Director, Costume Designer, Costumer Maker, Costume / Costume Support, Hair Stylist, Wardrobe / Wardrobe Support
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Languages Spoken	English, Portuguese, Spanish
Work Permits	EU